So what was it about Kirby that made him so influential? Before Kirby came along, comic art was mainly flat, uninspiring work, with the reader's point-of-view set up as if he were watching the action on a TV or movie screen. Kirby's art involved the reader more directly in the action -- instead of watching Captain America throw a punch, the POV and "camera" angle put you right there, as if Cap were slamming his fist right into your face. You weren't watching the Hulk menace a group of soldiers -- you were there, listening to this giant green monster bellow, feeling the impact on the ground as the goliath leaped into the fray. Even static shots were rendered more dynamically through more dramatic points-of-view and artistic angles (especially low angles that made the characters look even more heroic/powerful). And Kirby drew a lot of comics, many of them very popular, so people probably saw more Kirby comics than anyone else's during the Golden and Silver Ages. Some people think Kirby's art was a bit primitive, but there is not a single comic book creator today -- artistorwriter -- who has escaped Kirby's influence.